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Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin On de Blak Boozewahzee
08 Mar 2018
Dey cum buck dancin’, ‘bout ebry 2 ta 4 years, Afta dat, is dey ‘bout scarce as Lepercon ears? Is dese spooks ‘bout korrup as de day is long—
Dr. Matthew Quest
The Coming Rebellion: Ten Questions to Ask at the Black Mayors Forum in Newark
22 Feb 2018
On February 23 2018, a forum will be held in Newark, NJ under the banner “The Progress Continues: Newark Forward.” Special guest speakers will be Mayor Ras J.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bandit Baltimore Cops and the Black Misleadershp Class
15 Feb 2018
“The nominally Black-controlled local government is incapable of meaningful response.”
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Black Caucus’ “New Class”: Worthless, Warmongering Servants of Empire
18 Jan 2018
“The Democrats have perverted the electoral franchise of the nation’s most progressive constituency to the service of a global war machine and an all-pervasive national security state.”
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Validity and Usefulness of the Term “Black Misleadership Class”
04 Jan 2018
“It is both an actual and aspirational class, which ultimately sees its interests as tied to those of U.S.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Political Class and Network Neutrality
21 Dec 2017
Earlier this month, Chicago journalist Curtis Black called the office of Congressman Bobby Rush (D- IL) to ask what the congressman’s position on net neutrality was, now that Donald Trump is presid
Dr. Matthew Quest
What E. Franklin Frazier’s Black Bourgeoisie Says To Us 60 Years Later, Part 2
15 Nov 2017
“...the Black struggle for status and recognition on capitalist terms will produce more absurdity, brutality, and deformities...”
Dr. Matthew Quest
The Pioneering Critique of the Black Misleadership Class: E. Franklin Frazier’s The Black Bourgeoisie
09 Nov 2017
Published 60 years ago, Frazier’s The Black Bourgeoisie (1957) analyzed the social and political behavior of the African American middle class social strata that aspired to purpor
Briahna Joy Gray
How Identity Became a Weapon Against the Left
30 Aug 2017
“Responses to skepticism about Harris have simply dismissed the substance of the analysis, instead suggesting a “targeting” of Harris because of her gender and/or race.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Root and Russophobia
16 Aug 2017
Freedom Rider: The Root and Russophobia by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley